Holder for toilet-paper and paper towels.



W. BRlSCOE.

HOLDER FOR TOILET PAPER AND PAPER TOWELS. APPLICATION EILED FEB. 16. 1916.

L 11 9%., 1 UQ v Patented Sept. 12, 1916.

\ 35 MwQM WILLIAM J. BRISCOE, OF HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOLDER son TOILET-PAPER AND PAPER rowers.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Applicationfiled February 16,1916. Serial No. 78,731.

To all wltom-ziimay concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. Bnisoon, a subject of the King of England, residing at Haverhill, in the county of Essex and State of Massachumt s, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Holders for Toilet-Paper and Paper Towels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawm s.

This invention relates to holders for toilet paper; and particularly to holders for rolls of paper of that class in which the roll holder can-only rotate a single limited extent and when released returns to its initial position, thus limiting the amount of paper which can be drawn off by any single actuation.

The general object of my invention is the provision of a device of this character, particularly, designed to hold the larger and cheaper rolls of paper, yet which shall operate in the manner above described.v j I A further object is to provide a roll holder of a very simple construction which may be very cheaply made and which may be readily assembled and disassembled.

v Still another object is to so construct the brackets supporting the core on which the paper is wound that the brackets may be readily separated from each other to permit the withdrawal of the core, the brackets being held in their engaged position by means of a-spring.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description. I

My invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of a roll. holder constructed in accordance with my invention, the core being partly in section and the section of the core being taken on the line 1-1 of Fig. 3; Fig. 2 is an end View looking toward the bracket 16; Fig. 3 is a-section on the line 3- 3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the core looking toward the hub 25; Fig. '5 is a fragmentary" elevation of the inside face of the bracket 1L Referring to these drawings, 10 designates the base of the bracket which is perforated or otherwise formed so that it may be attached to a wall or to any othersuit-' able supporting member, this base having at one end the integral outwardly extending bracket 11 which adjacent its extremity, is

formed with the circular aperture 12 and in the base,

illustrated as oblong in form.

acting with the lug posed spaced knuckles 17 which are long-i tudinally perforated, and passing through the knuckles 17 and His the pintle 18- It Wlll be seen that when the bracket is at right angles to the base 10 it will contact with the stop 15, but that the bracket may be turned outward to any desired degree.

In order to hold the bracket in a position at right angles to the base 10, I provide the spring 19, this spring being approximately U-shaped in form and having its legs coiled a. plurality of times around the the knuckle 14 being of less length than the space between the commodate the coils of wire. The extremities of the spring are then turned angularly beneath the base 10 and disposed in grooves as illustrated most clearlyin Fig. 1. The extremity of the bracket 16 is-formed with ai many-sided aperture'21 The core upon which the roll is supported comprises a triangular body 22, preferably of cast metal and preferably hollow, the bore 23 extending longitudinally through the core. At one end this core 22 is formed with the outwardly projecting annular externally screw threaded hub 24 while at its other end there is formed the solid hub 25 with an integral trunnion 26 which is cylindrical in cross section and is adapted to be disposed in the peri'oration 12. This solid hub 25 has a radial extension 27 forming a stop co- 13 on the bracket 11. The face of the core is provided with screw threaded perforations 28 and 29.

Disposed Within the core is a rod or shaft 30 which at its outer end is rectangular in cross section, as at 31', and is designed to fit within the rectangular aperture 21. At the Patented Sept. 12;]ltr1bh knuckles 17 so as to ac neck or junction between the round portion '34, one end of which is engaged with the fixed shoulder or collar 32 while the other end is engaged with the relatively rotatable shoulder or collar 33. To this end each of these collars or slmulders is formed with parallel apertures 3:") through which the wire forming the spring is passed and then rebent upon'itself, thus holding the spring in firm engagement with the shoulders or collars. The collar or shoulder 33 is also formedwith a recess 36 in its periphery which is. adapted to beengaged by a screw 37 passed through the perforation 29 to thus hold the collar 33 from rotation. Through the perforation 28 passes a limiting screw 38 whichjbears not against the periphery of the collar 32 but against the inside face thereof to limit the inward movement of the collar but permit the collar to rotate. Engaging the screw threaded exterior of the hub 21 is an interiorly screw threaded cap 39 having a central circular aperture 40 through which-the rectangular shank 31 of the shaft 30 projects. In order to assemble these parts, the shaft 30 with the spring 3 1 and allied elements is disposed within the bore of the core and then the screw 37 is engaged with the socket or recess 36. The screw 38 is then screwed inward and thus the shaft is held securely in place. The cap 39 may then be disposed upon the hub 24. The roll of paper is then placed upon the core 22, the core 22 being slightly tapering for this purpose, and then the circular trunnion 26 is inserted in the circular perforation 12 while the rectangular trunnion formed by the shank 31 is disposed within the rectangular opening 21 of the bracket 16, the spring 19 holding thisbracket 16 in a position perpendicular to the base 10. When the paper has been exhausted and it is desired to remove the core, it is only necessary to shift the bracket 16 away from the bracket 11 against the action of the spring 19 whereupon the core may be readily withdrawn. In rolling paper to be placed upon this core it should be rolled over a triangular mandrel which of course must be tapering in order to provide for the insertion of the core 22 but otherwise than this the paper may be rolled in exactly the same manner in which rolls. of toilet paper are ordinarily rolled up upon a circular base. Furthermore, this, triangular core is adapted to be used with ordinary paper rolls which are wound upon a circular mandrel. hen a roll of this kind is forced upon the triangular core, the inner layers of the roll tend to take a somewhat triangular form which binds the roll upon the core and prevents the roll rotating upon the core.

It will be obvious now that when it is desired to withdraw paper from the roll, the core will-rotate through nearly an entire revolution and that then the stop 23 will come in contact with the stop. 13 preventing any further rotation of the core and the paper must be torn off. As soon as the paper is torn off, the spring 31 will act to return the roll to its original position thus necessitating that relatively short lengths of paper be torn off from the roll and thus preventing waste of the paper. \Vhile this has been accomplished in holders wherein the paper is wound upon a relatively fiat plate so that the roll has an elliptical form, it has not been possible heretofore to provide this mechanism for the large circular rolls in which form relatively cheap paper ordinarily comes, and, as stated before, one of the objects of my invention is to provide a construction of this character which may be used with rolls of cheap paper.

My invention is simple, may be very cheaply constructed, and is entirely effective for the purpose intended.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A holder for toilet paper comprising a core having at one end an annular hub and at the other a solid hub formed with a central circular trunnion and a radially disposed stop, the bracket at that end being formed with a circular perforation and a stop disposed in the path of movement of the first-named stop, a shaft loosely disposed within the core, a spiral spring surrounding the shaft, one end of the spiral spring being operatively engaged with the shaft, a collar loosely surrounding the shaft at the other end and with which the spiral spring is engaged, means for engaging the collar with the core, said shaft at the end opposite the roller being rectangular in section and the adjacent bracket being formed witlra rectangular aperture to receive the rectangular end of said shaft.

2. A roll holder for toilet paper comprising a base having at one end an outwardly extending rigid bracket formed with a circular perforation and with an inwardly extending lug forming a stop, a bracket hinged to the other end of the base, a spring yieldingly holding the bracket in parallel relation to the first-na1ncd bracket, said second named bracket being formed at its extremity with a rectangular opening and a core disposed between the brackets and engaging therewith, said core being many sided in cross section and hollow, one end of the core having an integral lull) with a radiating lag and a central trunnion adapted to be engaged in the circular perforation of the first-nan'ied bracket, the other end of the core having an angular extcriorly screwthreaded hub, a cap having a central perforation having screw-thrczuled engagement with the screw-threaded hub, a shaft disposed within the core, the shaft at its outer end having a many-sided shank and an in tegral collar, a loose collar surrounding the other end of the shaft, a coiled spring sur- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my rounding the shaft and engaged with said signature in the presence of threewitnesses. collar, the many-sided shank being adapted WILLIAM J. BRISCOE. to engage the rectangular opening in the Witnesses: v

bracket, and a screw passing through the FLORA GAMACHE,

coreand engaging the loose collar to the AUsENE GAMAcHE,

core. DOMINIG P. CURRAN., 

